Suggestions for Bedtime Books

[Rabih]

Hi! 

I'm compiling a list of bedtime books for children of ages 1 to 5. Can you help share books that are per the WTM standard and that you recommend? 

Here's a list i'm looking at: https://tinybeans.com/best-nighttime-books-of-all-time/

Thanks!

[Slache]

Harperc Collins Treasury of Picture Book Classics

20th Century Children's Book Classics

Make Way for Mr. Mccloskey

Bernstein Bears (old)

Dr. Seuss

Goodnight Moon

Sheep on a Jeep

[Clarita]

Brambly Hedge and Beatrix Potter is really good too. 

[Dianthus]

I don't love the list you're using. For me, many of those would be library options and not things I'd purchase and reread. We read Goodnight Moon to our babies but don't think it was a favorite for the kids. When they are really young, I think it's more about what the parents enjoy. The kids just like to flip pages. My 1 yr old likes the touch and feel and flap books and faces, rhymes, and songs.

My kids did like Goodnight Gorilla (have no idea why), Goodnight Construction Site, Llama Red Pajama, and Harold and the Purple Crayon. My kids all liked Curious George, Madeline, Jack and the Dragon, Gruffalo, Otis the Tractor. Beatrix Potter and the old Richard Scarry Best Stories Ever.

Other favorite for 3-5 yrs

A Child's History of the World

Everyday Graces: A Child's Book of Good Manners

Aesop's Fables for Children, illustrated by Milo Winter

D'aulaires Greek Myths

Golden Children’s Bible or Egermeier's Children’s Bible

Caps for Sale

A House is a House for Me

I always reference the lit selections from Memoria Press, Veritas Press, and Bookshark. 

 

Edited December 11, 2021 by Spirea

[lmrich]

The Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss. I dare you to stay awake.

 

[skydelph]

Tove Jansson.
I've started it with my daughter when she was 3,5. And we both had interest and absorbed the magic of it.